Sunday, April 15, 2012

World: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF "GLOBAL JUSTICE": Freedom Rider: The ICC is Criminal

The New World Order under U.S. dominion turns
international law on its head and puts criminal-bought flunkies on the
judicial bench. America, which is not even a signatory to the treaty
that created the International Criminal Court, calls all the shots like a
Mafia don. Africans and a few Serbs are the only ones that get
arrested, while great crimes against peace masquerade as humanitarian
intervention.

“Only the powerless are ever punished.”

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is despite its
name, a court that advances the cause of criminality. It acts in
concert with the most powerful nations on Earth, and allows them to
engage in crimes of aggression against millions of people all over the
world. Only the powerless are ever punished and the aggressors use the
court to behave as if they were the injured parties.

The world sees this institution in a benevolent
light, assuming that it is a means of protecting humanity from the whims
of evil doers in high places. Yet after nine years of existence, the
ICC has managed to prosecute mostly little known African dictators and a
few Serbians thrown in for good measure.

Ironically, after having opposed the establishment of
the ICC and after failing to ratify the treaty that brought it into
existence, the United States is now its biggest cheerleader. The Bush
administration was terrified that Americans, including Bush, Cheney and
the rest of their henchmen and women, might be punished for their
transgressions around the world.

It is strange that after instigating the killings of
thousands of people in Iraq, that neither Georg W. Bush nor Tony Blair
have any reason to fear being brought to justice. They travel around the
world, unafraid of punishment, giving speeches, writing books, making
money, and having no worries whatever about getting their just deserts.

“After instigating the killings of thousands of
people in Iraq, neither Georg W. Bush nor Tony Blair have any reason to
fear being brought to justice.”

They had even less reason to worry after Barack Obama
succeeded them. As the more effective evil, Obama knew that he needed
to eschew Bush regime ham handedness in international relations. While
simultaneously refraining from ratifying the treaty which brought the
ICC into existence, Obama and company constantly offer up others to put
in the dock in the Hague.

Last year Barack Obama, David Cameron and Nicholas
Sarkozy decided to carve up Libya, using NATO to do their dirty work,
killing an untold number of civilians in the process, and they too have
no fear of prosecution. Lead ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said as
much while the crime was being committed, openly taking the side of the
West. Moreno-Ocampo lied to the world, claiming that the Libyan
government distributed Viagra to soldiers in order to use rape as a
“weapon of war.“

The charge was a lie, made up out of whole cloth. If
there was any pretense of ICC impartiality, Moreno-Ocampo himself
dispelled any such notion. The anything but disinterested prosecutor is
now featured in the latest Kony 2012 video, ending any debate about
whether or not the phony, web driven, ginned up outrage has any standing
in reality or truthfulness.

“When Palestinians petitioned the ICC to investigate war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, they were turned away.”

While Obama and Clinton try to scuttle Kofi Annn’s
Syrian peace plan and hint at President Assad’s prosecution before the
ICC, the ICC shows its true colors. When Palestinians petitioned the ICC
to investigate war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, they were turned
away. Moreno-Ocampo determined that because Palestine has not been
recognized by U.N. General Assembly it has no standing to seek justice
for the 2,000 people massacred by Israel in 2008 and 2009. The hypocrisy
is blatant, and proves that the United States and its allies present
the greatest threats to peace in the world.

At the United National Antiwar Coalition conference
last month, this columnist asked professor and author Vijay Prashad why
the ICC prosecutes Africans and token Serbs, but never threatens anyone
in Washington, London, Paris or Jerusalem. His answer was simple. “It is
just international racism. I think there is no (other) way to explain
it.”

George Orwell said, “Political language is designed
to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” Those words are
still true, humanitarian missions and “responsibility to protect” are in
fact euphemisms meant to promote good old fashioned imperialism.

The fact is that the United States, Israel and their
European allies never protect anybody. They continue doing what they
have done for decades, deciding who is inconvenient and therefore
disposal. The human toll is “collateral damage” and quickly forgotten.

“The United States and its allies present the greatest threats to peace in the world.”

There are of course people and nations who cause
other human beings great suffering in the world. They should be stopped,
but they should all be stopped. Joseph Kony has actually killed fewer
people than the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, but Museveni is a
friend of the United States, so no social media campaign to will be
directed at getting him before the ICC.

Until there is greater justice in the world, that is
to say when the rich capitalist nations have rivals for power, perhaps a
court dedicated to punishing human rights violations would be a viable
option. Right now it is fairly useless, because it was not created by
people with honest intent.

Perhaps a simple name change is in order. Is Court
for International Criminals a better name? How about Criminal Court
International? For once, political language would be honest and George
Orwell would be proven wrong.

Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears
weekly in BAR, and is widely reprinted elsewhere. She maintains a
frequently updated blog as well as at http://freedomrider.blogspot.com.
Ms. Kimberley lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at
Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgendaReport.com.

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